Definition of nunatak in English:

nunatak

noun ˈnʌnətakˈnənəˌtak

An isolated peak of rock projecting above a surface of inland ice or snow.
冰原岛峰
Example sentencesExamples
- McCarroll & Ballantyne suggested that the ice reached an elevation of only between 750 and 850 m a.s.l. in Snowdonia, NW Wales, and that the higher summits remained above the ice surface as nunataks.
- Distinctive rock types found on the westernmost nunataks around Hamberg Gletscher are interpreted as autochthonous Caledonian foreland.
- Remapping of several nunataks and ridge exposures reveals that the basal Neptune Group truncates a large-scale, closed syncline, developed within the Nelson Limestone.
- Although no evidence for discrete dextral structures has been found in the Neptune Range, such a structure or structures could lie unexposed along the Roderick Valley or outside of the mountains and nunataks of the Neptune Range.
- This would leave Scafell Pikes and other peaks protruding as nunataks, consistent with the observations of Lamb & Ballantyne.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greenlandic nunataq.

Definition of nunatak in US English:

nunatak

nounˈnənəˌtak

An isolated peak of rock projecting above a surface of inland ice or snow.
冰原岛峰
Example sentencesExamples
- McCarroll & Ballantyne suggested that the ice reached an elevation of only between 750 and 850 m a.s.l. in Snowdonia, NW Wales, and that the higher summits remained above the ice surface as nunataks.
- This would leave Scafell Pikes and other peaks protruding as nunataks, consistent with the observations of Lamb & Ballantyne.
- Although no evidence for discrete dextral structures has been found in the Neptune Range, such a structure or structures could lie unexposed along the Roderick Valley or outside of the mountains and nunataks of the Neptune Range.
- Distinctive rock types found on the westernmost nunataks around Hamberg Gletscher are interpreted as autochthonous Caledonian foreland.
- Remapping of several nunataks and ridge exposures reveals that the basal Neptune Group truncates a large-scale, closed syncline, developed within the Nelson Limestone.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greenlandic nunataq.

单词	nunatak
释义	Definition of nunatak in English: nunatak noun ˈnʌnətakˈnənəˌtak An isolated peak of rock projecting above a surface of inland ice or snow. 冰原岛峰 Example sentencesExamples McCarroll & Ballantyne suggested that the ice reached an elevation of only between 750 and 850 m a.s.l. in Snowdonia, NW Wales, and that the higher summits remained above the ice surface as nunataks. Distinctive rock types found on the westernmost nunataks around Hamberg Gletscher are interpreted as autochthonous Caledonian foreland. Remapping of several nunataks and ridge exposures reveals that the basal Neptune Group truncates a large-scale, closed syncline, developed within the Nelson Limestone. Although no evidence for discrete dextral structures has been found in the Neptune Range, such a structure or structures could lie unexposed along the Roderick Valley or outside of the mountains and nunataks of the Neptune Range. This would leave Scafell Pikes and other peaks protruding as nunataks, consistent with the observations of Lamb & Ballantyne. Origin Late 19th century: from Greenlandic nunataq. Definition of nunatak in US English: nunatak nounˈnənəˌtak An isolated peak of rock projecting above a surface of inland ice or snow. 冰原岛峰 Example sentencesExamples McCarroll & Ballantyne suggested that the ice reached an elevation of only between 750 and 850 m a.s.l. in Snowdonia, NW Wales, and that the higher summits remained above the ice surface as nunataks. This would leave Scafell Pikes and other peaks protruding as nunataks, consistent with the observations of Lamb & Ballantyne. Although no evidence for discrete dextral structures has been found in the Neptune Range, such a structure or structures could lie unexposed along the Roderick Valley or outside of the mountains and nunataks of the Neptune Range. Distinctive rock types found on the westernmost nunataks around Hamberg Gletscher are interpreted as autochthonous Caledonian foreland. Remapping of several nunataks and ridge exposures reveals that the basal Neptune Group truncates a large-scale, closed syncline, developed within the Nelson Limestone. Origin Late 19th century: from Greenlandic nunataq.
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